possibly my new favorite word...

[snarfula]

Pulchritude. (see below)

What an ugly word too.

Also, 2 days to Peru!

Now, then, there was a really good article on MSN today about how to be happy. Good stuff (minus the stupid slideshow images)...I really believe a lot of this.

What Makes Us HappyBy Kathleen McGowan, PsychologyToday.com

Comments

[msbeanhead]

Though she was quite pulchritudinous, her callipygian friend brought all the boys to the yard. Ah, how I loved Latin class in high school. :D

[seldomawake]

I totally disagree about the $40k thing. $400k, maybe, but $40k is definitely not it.

[snarfula]

you'd be amazed. I fully believe that after a point, where your basic needs are met, the rest is icing. A corvette is not your basic need. I will say this. Your paycheck has vastly less impact on your subjective well being than does job enjoyment and satisfaction.

[zhytomir]

A typical highly processed perversion of flimsy sociological studies fed to the masses in concise one-liners.
40K would not satisfy my basic needs - it would barely cover my annual rent and daycare expenses. Maybe with another 5K for food, soap, and toilet paper I could be perfectly happy...or maybe I should just spend it all on improving my pulchritude

[snarfula]

you know, having been without toilet paper or toilet SEATS and in some cases the entire toilet itself the last several days, it is possible to live without. Regardless, there´s a point anywhere (don´t focus on the number), and beyond that excess does not greatly improve happiness.